I remember the days of old; I mediate on all your works; I muse on the work of your hands.
Psalm 143:5
Most of us long to praise God more joyfully we do. One common hindrance is that no matter how hard we try, we often don't feel like praising Him.
Bible teacher Sellwyn Hughes says that God has placed within us three main functions: the will, the feelings, and the thoughts. Our will, he says, has little or no power over our feelings, You can't say, "I am going to feel different," and then accomplish it by sheer willpower. What the feeling do respond to are the thoughts. Qouting another source. Hughes says: "Our feeling follow our thoughts like baby ducks follow their mother." So how can we make our thoughts the leader of our feeling?
King David showed us the way in Psalm143. Feeling overwhelmed and distressed (v.4). he took time to think about the Lord (v.5). He remembered God's lovingkindness, trustworthiness, and guidance (v.8): His protection and goodness (vv.9-10). His righteousness and mercy (vv.11-12). Once David got going, his feeling began to follow his thoughts
Name your own blessings daily; contemplate them thoroughtly; speak about them to God and to others. Gradually your concern about feelings will diminish and you'll be praising God with joy
Take control of my heart todays,
keep in filled with joy and praise
And gratitude for every good
You bestow on all my days.
Psalm 143:5
Most of us long to praise God more joyfully we do. One common hindrance is that no matter how hard we try, we often don't feel like praising Him.
Bible teacher Sellwyn Hughes says that God has placed within us three main functions: the will, the feelings, and the thoughts. Our will, he says, has little or no power over our feelings, You can't say, "I am going to feel different," and then accomplish it by sheer willpower. What the feeling do respond to are the thoughts. Qouting another source. Hughes says: "Our feeling follow our thoughts like baby ducks follow their mother." So how can we make our thoughts the leader of our feeling?
King David showed us the way in Psalm143. Feeling overwhelmed and distressed (v.4). he took time to think about the Lord (v.5). He remembered God's lovingkindness, trustworthiness, and guidance (v.8): His protection and goodness (vv.9-10). His righteousness and mercy (vv.11-12). Once David got going, his feeling began to follow his thoughts
Name your own blessings daily; contemplate them thoroughtly; speak about them to God and to others. Gradually your concern about feelings will diminish and you'll be praising God with joy
Take control of my heart todays,
keep in filled with joy and praise
And gratitude for every good
You bestow on all my days.
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